The mission's goal is to move forward the company's goal of creating a satellite network capable of providing affordable internet coverage to people all around the world.

CEO Elon Musk shared a photo on Twitter that showed the 60 Starlink satellites packing into the rocket's fairing. He added Wednesday that this mission's payload comes in at 18.5 tons and is the heaviest-ever for SpaceX.

The Falcon 9's first stage is the same one used previously in a September 2018 launch and again in January 2019.

SpaceX will attempt to land the first stage again on its droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.